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Kellen Eilerts

Kellen Eilerts served two years as a Peace Corps volunteer in West Africa and never once hit a kid. Unfortunately this does not extend to goats.

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The view from below my friends back in Bembou, Senegal. All photos by the author.

How to join the Peace Corps

On April 2, 2012 By

Thinking of joining the Peace Corps? Think harder.

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Where the telephone poles go, the tourists do not--well, not often, anyway.

How to be like Cape Verde

On March 20, 2012 By

Step 1: Have an inconvenient location.

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Visiting the Warrior of the African Renaissance

On September 9, 2011 By

The tallest statue in the world outside of Asia.

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Notes on a Western Sahara roadtrip

Notes on a Western Sahara road trip

On May 22, 2011 By

Down the road I thought, ‘This must be the only country in the world with street signs prohibiting you from dumping your fish-blood-water.’

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